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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives relating to contracts by governmental entities for professional services relating to geoscience and landscape architecture.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives relating to financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives relating to exempting certain young persons who are convicted of an offense involving consensual sex from the requirement of registering as a sex offender in this state.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives relating to authorizing the transfer of certain real property held by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives relating to certain county, municipal, district, and other governmental functions, procedures, powers, duties, and services, including certain criminal procedures.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the offense of failure to report barratry and solicitation of employment.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the imposition of property taxes on the residential homesteads of low-income and moderate-income persons.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the conduct of judicial proceedings and transaction of other essential judicial functions in the event of a disaster.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas Senate relating to allowing a person who successfully completes a term of deferred adjudication community supervision to be eligible for a pardon.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas Senate relating to the establishment and operation of a public transit motor-bus-only lane pilot program in certain counties.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas Senate relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user; providing penalties.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas Senate relating to the installation, maintenance, or operation of natural gas pipelines on state highways and highway and county road rights-of-way.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas Senate relating to the release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of certain inmates who complete a rehabilitation program.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas Senate relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas Senate relating to orders and judgments rendered by associate judges in child support and child protection cases and to the investigation of child abuse and neglect.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas Senate relating to the administration of the Texas Save and Match Program to assist qualifying beneficiaries under the state's prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans and to the treatment of a beneficiary's assets under prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans in determining eligibility for student financial assistance and other assistance programs.

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Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas Senate relating to the establishment of a smart growth policy work group and the development of a smart growth policy for this state.